Diabetes being a silent killer requires frequent checkups to control and prevent complications. A recent study favors that frequent doctor’s visit helps in reaching goal of sugar control.

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Frequent doctor visits result in better results in meeting blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol goals in patients with diabetes, U.S. researchers say.

A doctor-patient encounter was defined as any note made in the record, which included face-to-face encounters, as well as remote encounters such as by telephone.
Doubling the amount of time between doctor-patient encounters increased the time it took to reach treatment goals, the study said.

The time to reach hemoglobin A1C goals increased by 35 percent in non-insulin patients and 17 percent in insulin patients, the study said. However, time to reach blood pressure and LDL cholesterol treatment goals increased by 87 percent and 27 percent, respectively.

Reference: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/09/30/Frequent-doctor-visits-benefit-diabetics/UPI-46891317355354